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In an article in The Salt Lake Tribune, reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack wrote in 2004, "Kaimipono David Wenger, a New York City lawyer who regularly participates in the Mormon blog, found himself in the middle of the debate [about the Bybee memo]. 'I would personally be uncomfortable writing a memo on how the administration could legally justify torture of people, but I don't think it's against the tenets of our faith.'"[4]

The American Conservative magazine contributing editor Daniel Larison, in a blog entry titled "More Mormons" that Larison wrote to counter an argument critical of LDS-based theoconservatism that had appeared in The New Republic, said, "Like most of his [TNR contributor Damon Linker’s] fears of takeovers by the supposedly theocratically-inclined, who are usually not theocratically-inclined at all, these fears of Salt Lake City calling the shots in the improbable event of a Romney Administration are baseless. They’re so obviously baseless that Mr. Oman [Nate Oman of Times and Seasons] wonders how it has even become an issue."

In a blog entry titled "Religious Identity And Republican Politics," Larison noted that "Dave Banack at Times and Seasons has a post on the implications of the failure of the Romney campaign for political cooperation among religious conservatives of different religions."[6]

While speaking before the Pew Forum's Faith Angle Conference in 2007, noted Mormon historianRichard Bushman identified the blog as a source of "very talky, thoughtful Mormons" who are able to speak publicly and to the media on complex religious issues.[7]

The Boston Phoenix, in a 2009 piece by Adam Reilly about Mormon influences on political pundit Glenn Beck, quotes Rory Swensen and mentions Swensen's joint authorship of the blog Times and Seasons.[8]

In an article about changes to President Boyd K. Packer's October, 2010 General Conference address, The Salt Lake Tribune reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack quotes Rory Swensen and references his post on the topic at Times and Seasons.[9]